Real Madrid has won nine European Cup titles, more than any other club
but that's all ancient history as the Merengues have failed to get past
the first round of the knockout phase for the last five years. Its
latest exit was the result of Tuesday's 4-0 thrashing at Liverpool --
its worst defeat in the history of the Champions League.

"I couldn't image that score," Liverpool's Spanish manager Rafael
Benitez said.. "When you play Real Madrid, it will be difficult
and
tight. We played really well away, at times we were fantastic, and we
did well in a different way tonight. That showed we are a good team. We
knew maybe they were expecting we would play deep and try to play
counter attacking football. But we tried to put them under pressure. We
were on top of them to the end."

Captain Steven Gerrard,
playing his 100th Champions League match, scored
twice, and Spaniard Fernando Torres
and Italian Andrea Dossena
also
scored for the reds.

"We are very disappointed. Indeed we are sad because we are out of the
competition," Real coach Juande Ramos
said. "We conceded two early goals and both of them had their doubts.
There
might have been a foul in the first and the penalty was not clear. We
tried to take the game to Liverpool but they were too good on the
night. They deserved to go through."

Chelsea twice came back from one goal down to tie Juventus, 2-2, and
go through 3-2 on aggregate.

That didn't include a Didier Drogba
free
kick that Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon
pushed against the post. Replays
showed the ball crossed the line, prompting Chelsea manager Guus
Hiddink to call for the use of goal-line technology.

"Now technology is perfect so it must be done," Hiddink said, "so
there is no dispute
yes or no."

Ariel Ibagaza scored one
goal and set up another as visiting Villarreal beat Panathinaikos, 2-1,
to move into the quarterfinals, 3-2, on aggregate.

"I am very happy. It is very important for us to be among the best
eight teams in Europe," Villarreal coach Manuel Pellegrini said. "I think we
deserved the result because we also deserved to win the first leg."